DVD Review: Watchmen Director’s Cut 2-Disc Set
Watchmen: Director's Cut is now available on DVD!
Watchmen is a off the beaten path tale about a group of former costume crusaders who have split up after many years of serving together as comrades in arms and are now having to face each other again due to someone or something killing off one of their former members. It plays out much like a detective noir tale with superhero trappings along the edges. It is important for the viewer to understand going into the film that this is not your typical superhero film as Watchmen is something completely different. This is an extremely graphic story and they don't pull any punches (or hold back on the blue genitailia).
Blu-ray Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 25th Ann. Movie Collection
Cowabunga dudes! To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise, Warner Brothers has just released ALL 4 TMNT Movies on Blu-ray! This is the first time the original live action movies have made their way to Blu-ray. These classics from our childhood have been captured in HD for the first time and I can easily say that they look amazing!
It is very important to point out that the case for this set isn't your typical Blu-ray box…it's actually made out of a pizza box!
DVD Review: Spectacular Spider-Man The Complete First Season
The Complete First Season of the Spectacular Spider-Man is now available on DVD in one amazing set!
Now you can enjoy all 13 episodes of the hit animated series any time you want. Season 2 has just started airing here in the United States, so you might want to use this as a refresher before diving into the new season.
One of the most consistent shows on television, the Spectacular Spider-Man sets the bar high for all the competition. Armed with an extremely talented cast and crew, the show has proven itself to be one of the best written, most entertaining, and overall faithful adaptations of the Spider-Man mythos.
Blu-ray Review: Torchwood Season 2
"The 21st Century is when everything changes…and Torchwood is ready."
The impressive second season of Torchwood is now available for you to own on Blu-ray!
With the successful relaunch of the Doctor Who franchise, Executive Producers Russell T Davies and Julie Garner decided to expand the Who-Universe to a new series, Torchwood (an anagram for Doctor Who). The series is focused on a British Government team of Paranormal Investigators. They are the first line of defense in case of alien invasion. The team is led by Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), a man who simply cannot die. Team members Gwen (Eve Myles), Owen (Burn Gorman), Toshiko (Naoko Mori) and Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd) also return for the second season.
Blu-ray Review: Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5
After years of searching, the survivors of the Colonies have finally found Earth! But none of them could have predicted that the planet that they had been searching for would also be in a post-apocalyptic state. Now, with four members of the Final Five revealed, the crew of the Galactica must make a decision about where to go next. Do they continue looking for a new home or just give up? Do they continue their treaty with the Cylons? And who or what has Starbuck become? All will stand revealed in these final episodes of Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5 now available on Blu-ray!
Lots of spoilers people. You have been warned. So say we all.
DVD Review: Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium OVA Collection
It's finally happened! Fullmetal Alchemist has reappeared with it's Premium OVA Collection! This Premium collection contains four ACTION PACKED adventures: Interactive Experience, Live Action Featurette, Chibi Wrap Party, and the short "Kids"!
DVD Review: Darker Than Black Volume 6
The Darker Than Black saga comes to an end in Volume 6, but the story of the Contractors and the Syndicate is left open for more to come. The high drama is clear evidence that the Japanese take their Anime seriously. The imagery and plot stand out and reflect a very eastern mindset and general life philosophy.
DVD Review: Slayers the First Three Seasons
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Slayers is based on a Light Novel and manga of the same name that premiered way back in 1995. The hand drawn animation is beautifully done and the English voice cast did a great job. An interesting bit of trivia is that almost the entire main cast went on to be in Pokemon when that show was brought over here in '98. Some are more noticeable than others and most of the time I couldn't help but add "Ash" when Gourry Gabriev (the second star of the show) talks. Gourry is voiced by Eric Stuart, who went on to play Brock and James. Blu-ray Review: Coraline
Imagine for a moment that you have discovered a door to another reality. This world would be extremely close to the every day living that you experience right now, except for one small difference. Every aspect of the world around you has improved considerably. Would you choose to stay in this pleasant replication of your known reality, or will you go home and tough it out despite the imperfections? This is the decision that Coraline Jones has to make in Coraline, now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Blu-ray Review: Green Lantern- First Flight
"In brightest day, in blackest night, The Green Lantern Corps, a galaxy wide police squad dedicated to keeping the galaxy safe unbeknownst to us puny mortal earthlings. Enter Hal Jordan, test fighter pilot on earth who becomes chosen when a fallen member of the GLC crashes to earth and needs to find someone to inherit his ring that gives him power to fight evil. The origin story for Green Lantern has been told and redone many many times over throughout the years in the various different mediums and this new movie, Green Lantern: First Flight, is no different. Manga Review: One Piece Volume 1, Romance Dawn “I’m gonna be the KING of the PIRATES!!!”
Gold Rogers had it all, he had fame, power and money. Before he was executed, these where his final words. “My treasure? Why, it’s right where I left it…It’s yours if you can find it…but you’ll have to search the WHOLE WORLD!”. Now pirates from across the world are searching for the treasure that can make their dreams come true.
Book Review: The Lord of the Sands of TimeWe go from the future and the past, one time stream to another, but the real issue is the continuation of humanity. Issui Ogawa has done a lovely job of addressing the ultimate destruction of humanity and the knowledge that the only way to stop it is by going back in time to change time. There is also the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) to do the job for you.
Interview and Movie Review for The CollectorFriday night was an event filled evening with a special screening of The Collector and preceded by an interview with Writer Patrick Melton, writer/director Marcus Dunstan, both involved with Feast and Saw IV, V VI, and the films star Josh Stewart.  I have to admit, as I did to them, that my agenda was to meet the men who put Henry Rollins in pink sweats (Feast). Patrick and Marcus admitted that this was actually a concession to the rating, as the script originally called for his pants to be torn off by the creatures and to be nude. Twice. They talked about his intensity and work ethic, how he showed up on time and prepared. DVD Review: The Middleman: The Complete Series
I have been surrounded by comics all of my life. My grandfather was a cartoonist during World War II. My family went to Comic-Con number zero. This has been a part of our lives. We read the western comics, the sci-fi comics, but most of all the superhero comics. So when I found out that The Middleman would be a series on ABC Famiily, I jumped at the chance to watch it. It turned out to be the best new series when it premiered, and I watched every show. It was everything that I wanted a modern superhero show to be, funny, Smart, heroic. All with a sense of self, and that which came before it. This was the new hero show. |
